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WASHINGTON, July 10, 2019 — Too many children across the country are missing out on the nutrition they need during the summer months when the school year — and access to school breakfast and lunch — ends, according to a new report from FRAC. Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report finds that only 1 in 7 of the low-income children who participated in school lunch during the 2017–2018 school year received a summer lunch on an average weekday in July 2018.

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2019 — The Food Research & Action Center strongly supports legislation that was introduced this week to ensure low-income children across the country have access to the nutrition they need during the summer months when they lose access to healthy school meals.

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2018 — FRAC’s new report, Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report, finds that only 3 million children received a nutritious summer lunch on an average weekday in July 2017 through the Summer Nutrition Programs compared to the 20 million children who participated in free and reduced-price school lunch during the 2016–2017 school year. The report ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia on participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs.